Ag Growth International (OTCMKTS:AGGZF – Get Free Report) and Konecranes (OTCMKTS:KNCRY – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Dividends
Ag Growth International pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Konecranes pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ag Growth International pays out 77.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Konecranes pays out 57.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Ag Growth International and Konecranes, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ag Growth International | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Konecranes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Ag Growth International and Konecranes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ag Growth International | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Konecranes | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ag Growth International and Konecranes’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ag Growth International | N/A | N/A | N/A | $1.80 | 24.36 |
| Konecranes | N/A | N/A | N/A | $0.23 | 30.62 |
Ag Growth International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Konecranes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
56.8% of Ag Growth International shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ag Growth International beats Konecranes on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ag Growth International
Ag Growth International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes grain and fertilizer handling equipment, aeration products, and storage bins in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company offers storage equipment comprising grain and bolted bins, hopper bins, smooth wall bins, temporary storage equipment, unloads and sweeps, water tanks, fuel tanks; and conditioning equipment, such as mixed flow dryers, fans and heaters, aerations, airaugers, aeration floors, vents and exhausters, stirrings, and accessories. It also provides portable handling equipment, such as augers, conveyors, grain vacs, post pounders, seed treaters, and accessories; and permanent handling equipment, including bucket elevators, chain and belt conveyors, enclosed belt conveyors, distributors, feed handling equipment, screw feeders and conveyors, and spouts and connections. In addition, the company offers towers, catwalks, ladders, all-steel buildings, and flat storage buildings; batch blenders, bulk scales, declining weight blenders, vertical blenders, micro-dosing systems, mixers, and milling equipment; and controllers, hazard monitoring equipment, monitoring and automation equipment, sampling solutions. It provides its equipment for agricultural commodities. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.
About Konecranes
Konecranes Plc manufactures, sells, and services lifting equipment. It operates through three segments: Service, Industrial Equipment, and Port Solutions. The company offers specialized maintenance services and spare parts for industrial cranes and hoists. In addition, it provides a range of industrial cranes for general manufacturing and various process industries, as well as involved in design and manufacture of crane components. Further, the company offers container, bulk, and shipyard handling equipment, as well as mobile harbor cranes, lift trucks. Additionally, it engages in port services comprising of retrofits, inspection, spare parts, training, and digital services. Furthermore, the company is involved in consulting and engineering, ecolifting, safety assist, servicing, and maintenance of ports, and cores for lifting. The company serves automotive, container handling, general manufacturing, intermodal, metal production, mining, nuclear, paper and forest, petroleum and gas, power, shipyards, waste to energy and biomass sectors. Konecranes Plc was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Hyvinkää, Finland.
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